Bionic Engineer
From: Design News - 12/2010
By: Charles J. Murray

Hugh Herr's PowerFoot could make life easier for countless amputees. Herr
should know; he wears two of them. 

His PowerFoot, being commercialized by his start-up firm, iWalk, offers an
alternative for below-knee amputees who want to get back to an active
lifestyle. The foot enables them to climb stairs, traverse ramps, walk fast
and exert a level of force that's comparable to that of a biological ankle.
And it does it all while enabling users to walk with a normal gait. 

Moreover, Herr's twin passions for mountain climbing and engineering design
have led him to conclude that technology can and will conquer all
disabilities. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.designnews.com/article/511689-Bionic_Engineer.php

Links:
iWalk
http://www.iwalk.com/

PowerFoot
http://www.iwalkpro.com/

An Ankle-Foot Emulation System for the Study of Human Walking Biomechanics
http://biomech.media.mit.edu/publications/AuICRA2006.pdf